-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Blair
After a first insight into the new distribution, I have to send you my congratulations for it. Installed the english version and it did it fine. I need some time to test it a little bit more, especially with other language selections. As far what I've seen, it makes a very good look. Andreas Blair Campbell wrote: > Uploaded to > www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0-Testing/fdbasecd.iso > is hopefully the very last testing distribution before 1.0 is released > (and that emm386 update to be available soon should come with it). > The new features are too many to describe, so you'll have to download > it and find out :-). > > Aw well ok here are the new features: > > - A spiffy updated installer compiled with OpenWatcom. > > - The latest stable kernel updates > > - Completely updated htmlhelp documents > > - EMM386 2.23, DEFRAG 1.0, a bugfixed FDPKG, and the very latest quite > stable FreeCOM 0.84pre2 > > - Revamped batch files (again); setup can be started from (presumably) > any decent DOS setup as long as all of the files are in the root > directory of a drive > > - When a user chooses English-only settings, DISPLAY and MODE are not > unnecessarily loaded in the default autoexec.bat > > - Eltorito.sys AND XCDROM.sys are both used to access the CD-ROM when > booting from CD-ROM (in that order, too). If Eltorito.sys fails, > XCDROM.sys will be tried. > > - Mouses are enabled in powerbatch now (which also contains detection > to see if a mouse is available) > > - A menu option in the default config.sys can load SHARE (to be able > to load Windows 3.1). > > - Moved postset.bat to be called by postinst.bat (configures all > necessary packages, checking for dependencies along the way). > > One of the last things to do before 1.0 is to make an official kernel > 2037-unstable 'package'. > > That's it folks :-). > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE5uhDkyKr2gmercERAs2nAKCvxN/H+a6mOsZrj02fUQ2vz/f0CACeIf3F u4RpxRpr8hGOk/yLtiumh5A= =mu4b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
